Indian Two Panel Shutter or Screen Set

Two panels, and one tier where the room gets to breathe.

This two panel shutter or screen set comes from Kolkata, India, and dates to the mid 19th century. It is painted teak wood. Shutters like these did the work of air conditioning in the 19th-century city, filtering sun and rain at tall openings while letting any breeze pass through. Dark reddish brown panels are divided into three tiers. The lower two hold broad flat slats, while the top tier is more open, with thin slats and a pale central rod. Hinges join the pair. Over seven and a half feet high, at 93.5 inches.

Height was never the problem.